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No. 783,755. PATENTED FEB. 28, 1905. J. MOGRAW.

' WITNESSES. INVENTOI? (fa/was Mcraw WWW ATTORNEY! i a'irns Patented February 28, 1905.

JAMES MOGRAW, OF l VEST ALMOND, NElV YORK.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 783,.?55, dated February 28, 1905.

Application filed November 19, 190 1. Serial No. 288,399.

To all, w/wm it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JAMES MCGRAW, residing at West Almond, in the county of Allegany and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Comb, oi which the following is a specification.

My invention seeks to provide a simple, economical, and neat construction of comb which is more especially designed for use as a pocket-comb; and it comprehends, generically, a comb-body formed of a ph'irality ol" toothed sections slidably connected and so combined and cooperatively arranged that when adjusted to one position-that is, closed upon each other-the back edge ol the several sections act as casings to receive the toothed ends of the opposing members, thereby forming, as it were, a casing for the comb-teeth, and the same will combine the two sections in such manner that they form a compact body capable of being readily carried in the pocket 01 the user without the slightest danger of tearing or otherwise mutilating the pocket or that of breaking the comb.

in its more complete nature my invention consists of a twopart comb having the back edge of each part made tubular and longitudinally slotted, whereby to telescopically receive the toothed ends of the aforesaid two parts, and having means for rigidly bracing the two parts, whereby to securely hold the two comb-sections at their ()XilGl'lLlOd or folded positions.

in its more subordinate features my invention consists of a loldable comb formed of two sections slidable upon each other and having a peculiar construction and arrangement ol the line 5 5 of Fig. 2. V

In carrying out my invention I. make my llllDlOVOti comb 01'' two members A 13, each 01 which constructed alike, except that the teeth I) on the member B are liner than the teeth 1/ on the member A, whereby to provide a combined line and coarse toothed comb.

In the practical construction of my invention the members A and B may be stamped of metal or made of tortoise-shell or any other material capable of being formed into the shape shown in the drawings.

The back a and 6 ol' the comb-sections are each in the nature ol" a tubular rib of I)", and

the said tubular rib (1301' 6 attend the full length of the two comb-sections A and B, and at the lower edge thereof each ol the tubular portions 11/ b has a longitudinal slot 2" 3, the purpose of which will presently appear.

The toothed portion of each member A and il does not extend the full length ol? the said member, so as to leave one end of each of said memhers A and F; solid, as at of and if, and those portions form the interlocking ends ol the two members A and 1% when they are extended, as shown in Fig. 1, by reference to which it will be observed that the two members A and l are disposed reversely with respect to each other, or, in other words, the teeth in the members A project in an opposite direction to the projection ol the teeth on the member I), such relation 01' parts being provided that the ends of the teeth 1/ enter the tubular back ol the member B, while the teeth likewise enter the tubular back ot the part A. when the two comb-sectiol'is are closed, as shown in Fig. 52.

The toothed edge o'l. each the members A and B at the solid ends a and 0" terminate in a rib 5",which may be solid or tubular, preferably the latter when the comb-body is made of metal, and each of the ribs 5" 5" are cl? such diameter a to telescopically enter the tubular back rib a the rib 5 being arranged to slide into the back rib 0, while the rib 5" enters the back rib of", as shown.

By arranging the parts as shown a lirm and rigid connection oi the two members A and B ell 'ected at the adjacent or overlapping portions thereof, and this produces a double comb oi sul'licicnt rigidity for all practical purposes, and when made ol material other carried in the pocket.

Another advantage of my invention is that the two parts of the comb can be separated and each used independentlyof the other as a single comb as the user may desire.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patcut, is

1. A comb composed of two sections, endwise slidably mounted upon each other with the toothed edges projected in opposite directions, each section having a guard portion to receive the toothed ends of the opposing sections, when the two sections are closed upon each other.

2. A comb comprising a plurality of sections endwise slidably mounted upon each other with their toothed edges projected in opposite directions, the two sections having portions that telescopically engage, for the purposes specified.

3. A comb consisting of two members each of which has tubular back ribs form ng guards, and each of which havingsupplemental tubular portions, the supplemental tubular portions of one member telescopically sliding in the tubular back rib of the other member, substantially as shown and described.

4. A comb consisting of two toothed sections each section having a longitudinal back rib,

and each section provided with an interlocking extension having a supplemental rib, said sections telescopically slidable from end to end with the supplemental rib of one section in the longitudinal rib of the other section, substantially as shown and described.

5. A comb which consists of two members each of which has a back rib that extends the full length and teeth that extend nearly the full length, the solid end of each section having a longitudinal rib in line with the toothed edge, the several ribs of the two opposing members being arranged to telescopically interlock, substantially as shown and for the purposes described.

6. In a comb of the character described, the combination with the toothed memberAhaving a tubular back rib and a tubular portion back and toothed edge ribs being adapted to telescopically engage with the tubular ribs on the other section A, substantially as shown and described.

7. In a comb of the character described, the

combination with the toothed memberA having a tubular back rib and a tubular portion at the opposite edge in line with the ends of the comb-teeth; of the toothed member B having a back rib and a toothed edge rib, said back and toothed edge rib being adapted to telescopically engage with the tubular ribs on the other section A, the teeth of the toothed members A and B extending in opposite di rections, substantially as shown and described.

JAB [ES MOGRAVV.

lVitnesses:

D. D. DIOKSON, JOHN \VAFLER. 

